The Aching

The Aching is a graphical horror adventure inspired by 1980s graphic adventures from Sierra and LucasArts. You play as a pale creature who wakes in a cave with no idea who they are or what has happened. A small locket and a patch of cave wall painted in what you hope is red paint are the only clues to your situation. You explore another world to find answers about your past.

Explore and interact

The game uses low-resolution, 16-color graphics designed around the limited hardware of the era. You move with the arrow keys and use a classic-style parser: type what you want your character to do into the prompt and press Enter.

Tandy 1000 emulation

The game’s engine was designed to run on a Tandy 1000 from a single floppy disk. On modern computers, it emulates the Tandy 1000 environment so you can experience the game with or without access to one of these computers.